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Brain candy for Happy MutantsMon, 15 Sep 2014 23:11:17 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2By: Diogeneshttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1668794
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:53:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1668794Wonderful! I like the lesson with Rick Moranis the best.
]]>By: niktemadurhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1668371
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:37:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1668371It may have been Eugene Levy on SCTV.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVVWF2DAeeU
]]>By: SummerFanghttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667742
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:01:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667742I just started wearing a watch again after many years and I love it! As silly as it sounds it does feel kind of *novel* to have a timepiece right on my wrist.
In my line of work I have need to use a timer and/or stopwatch several times a day. I find it much more convenient to have it on my wrist than to dig my phone out of my pocket.

Plus, fact that I often work in a secure area where mobile phones are not permitted.

]]>By: intheshadowofleaveshttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667610
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:33:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667610My automatic watches don’t run out of power or die if they get slightly wet, can you say the same about your phone?
]]>By: Diogeneshttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667438
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:55:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667438Me too. It’s not like rolling the dice on a finger or a toe. I’ve very partial to all of my eyes.
]]>By: Bradley Robinsonhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667370
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:08:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667370Apparently.

I prefer my specs.

]]>By: ChickieDhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667339
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:19:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667339My husband travels frequently. One of his co-workers is obsessed with getting a bargain. When in China, this co-worker dragged my husband out to some counterfeit place the flight attendant had tipped him off to. So, they get inside the store and the co-worker asks, “Yeah, but where’s the really good stuff?” and the Chinese guys flip open a secret compartment to a room in the back where people are working on watches and purses. They have exact replicas of the logos that they are applying to boxes very similar to the real products. The purse my husband bought me was supposedly a “real” item swiped off the production line but it fell apart awfully fast.
]]>By: Tomglivhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667241
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:03:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667241It’s like this all over Turkey, I was accosted in a Bazzar;
“Hey mister, where you from?”
“Liverpool UK”
“You buy from me, I have many Liverpool (FC) shirts, all genuine copies!”
]]>By: Diogeneshttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667078
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:41:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667078Didn’t SNL run a car ad with upholstery made from Genuine Madrid Vinyl? I think it was at the time the Ricardo Montalban was shilling Chrysler products with “fine Corinthian leather”. I wonder if it was Billy Crystal; he did a good Montalban.
]]>By: Diogeneshttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667072
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:37:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667072There was a sentimental movie with Walter Mathau as the older father of a terminally ill kid. One great theme was they way they f’ked with their neighbor who fussed over his car. First they started adding gas to his tank until he was raving over the great gas mileage his beauty was getting. Then they started siphoning until he was down to a few miles a gallon. The spluttering stifled laugh of the kid at the neighbors dismay was just priceless.
]]>By: Diogeneshttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667069
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:31:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667069People trust Lasik, with their eyes?!
]]>By: Jason Weisbergerhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1667009
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:09:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1667009I’m 41. I have wound my watch before putting it on almost every day of my life since 14 or 15. I also have to fill my fountain pen once a week or so, tho I must admit I’ve started using a rollerball again.
]]>By: redesignedhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666957
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:12:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666957well…i’ll be, i never knew. thanks for the info.
]]>By: redesignedhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666954
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:11:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666954no one ever sustects the reverse scam! :-)

my favorites are depositing money into senior citizens bank accounts, and slipping wallets full of cash into peoples pockets.

if i were a nigerian price i’d actually give random people money just to f’k with the internet. haha.

They’re not exactly necessary, but they still have utility along with the jewellery aspect.

]]>By: Peggy Irelandhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666911
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:34:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666911Is that the same place in Ephesus? They have lots of real fake stuff.
]]>By: Antinous / Moderatorhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666872
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:02:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666872I’m 55. I’ve never worn a watch. There have been clocks all over the place for a couple of centuries.
]]>By: nnu-16121http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666820
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:22:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666820With the vagaries of language and translation, genuine fake might have a meaning there that is meaningful.

I looked into “replica” watches on an Asia trip, essentially looking for plug-and-play spare parts that would maintain the appearance and function of the worn-out Omega Seamaster I inherited from my grandfather. What I found was that most replica watches are not copies in any meaningful sense, but just generic wristwatches with a spurious famous logo. You can find fake Rolexes and fake Patek Phillipe watches for sale side by side that are identical except for the logo, and are unlike any genuine current or old watch from either company. But there are also some “premium” sellers where some attempt has been made to match the appearance of particular watches by particular makers — even using the correct gauge of Swiss-designed 21 jewel automatic movement.

]]>By: Aditya Pandeyhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666800
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:06:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666800I too bought a genuine fake Patek Phillippe for ~$20 at a night market in Bangkok. It worked for about a year before giving up the ghost, but never really deteriorated in build quality. Additionally, I did not get arrested.
]]>By: Bradley Robinsonhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666721
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:08:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666721A timepiece is as much a piece of jewelry or an accessory as it is a functional artifact.

People didn’t stop wearing glasses just because Lasik came around. If anything, glasses re-asserted themselves as fashionable extensions of personality.

]]>By: Brainsporehttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666718
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:04:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666718Some people like to be able to check the time without pulling an appliance out of their pocket. That’s why pocket watches were mostly supplanted by wristwatches.
]]>By: niktemadurhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666709
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:56:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666709I remember the Fat Albert gang inspecting somebody’s new outfit, one of the guys says: “Wow, genuine imitation leather”, gave me a chuckle for years every time I remembered it.
]]>By: bingobangoboyhttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666702
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:53:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666702You may laugh, but they’re a LOT cheaper than the imitation fake watches.
]]>By: frankohttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666686
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:45:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666686+1 for honesty.
]]>By: frankohttp://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666683
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:44:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666683it’s not a “hip” thing — even phones from 15 years ago had clocks on them. that’s when i stopped wearing a watch.
]]>By: Snuffy2http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/really-really-fake.html#comment-1666685
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:44:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=215684#comment-1666685Funny, I have exactly the same picture. I suppose it must be in a lot of pictures. At least they’re not trying to fool anybody who can read.
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